Programme

PROGRAMME

 

Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Time	Event
15:30 – 16.30	Reception and Registration
16.30 – 19.00	Opening Session
16.30 – 17.00	Authorities Welcome Chair: Emanuele Ferretti and Vincenzo Romano Spica
17.00 – 17.30	Stakeholder Roundtable Chair: Federico Maestrami Aurelio Crudeli (Federterme) Marco Vitale (ESPA – European Spas Association) Giovanni Miccichè (UNI – Ente Italiano di Normazione) Ferruccio Alessandria (EUSA – European Union of Swimming Pool and Spa Associations)
17.30 – 18.00	Introduction – Sustainability of Swimming Pools and SPA in a One Health Perspective Vincenzo Romano Spica
18.00 – 18.30	Opening Lecture – Chemistry of chlorine in pools and microbial sensitivity Lothar Erdinger
18.30 – 19.00	Welcome Cocktail

 

 

Thursday, February 16, 2023
Time	Event
9.00 – 9.30	Reception and Registration
9.00 – 11.00	Session I: Current Regulations from different countries Chair: Michele Hlavsa and Emanuele Ferretti
9.00 – 9.20	Surveillance and public health policy in USA – Hlavsa M, USA
9.20 – 9.35	Implementation of the new French regulations on swimming pools – Boudenne JL, France
9.35 – 9.50	Requirements on the disinfection capacity of pool water according to the Austrian bathing hygiene regulation – Sommer R, Austria
9.50 – 10.05	Current Regulations in Greece – Vantarakis A, Greece
10.05 – 10.20	Guidelines on the quality of swimming pool water in Poland – Wyczarska-Kokot J, Poland
10.20 – 10.35	Current Regulations in Netherland – Keuten M, Netherland
10.35 – 10.50	The Italian swimming pool regulatory framework – Ferretti E, Italy
10.50 – 11.00	Discussion
11.00 – 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 – 13.00	Session II: Chemical Risk Chair: Jean-Luc Boudenne and Maarten Keuten
11.30 –  11.50	Discrimination of disinfection by-products generated by particles from those formed by dissolved compounds brought by bathers – Boudenne JL, France
11.50 – 12.05	Identification of DBPs from different disinfectants – Trebse P, Slovenia
12.05 – 12.15	Identification of micropollutant decomposition products in private backyard swimming pools – Dudziak M, Poland
12.15 – 12.25	Chlorination by-products in indoor swimming pools: year-wise monitoring study – Genisoglu M, Turkey
12.25 – 12.35	Comparison of chlorate and perchlorate concentrations in swimming pool water and their correlation with the use of chlorine products, provided in ready-made canisters or generated in situ by salt electrolysis – Reuss A, Germany
12.35 – 12.45	Chemical indicators for pool water quality – Kurz J, Germany
12.45 – 13.00	Discussion
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch time
14.00 – 15.30	Session III: Sustainable innovation in water and air treatment Chair: S. Şule Kaplan Bekaroğlu and Sebania Libertino
14.00 – 14.20	Measurements and Modeling of Chemical IAQ Dynamics in Indoor Pool Facilities – Ernest R. Blatchley III, USA
14.20 – 14.35	Release of particles and bacteria into swimming pool water by bathers and their removal in water treatment – Uhl W, Norway
14.35 – 14.50	Effects of temperature on formation potentials of trihalomethanes and Haloacetic Acids in chlorinated model BFA – Genisoglu M, Turkey
14.50 – 15.05	Advanced sensing strategies for water monitoring – Libertino S, Italy
15.05 – 15.15	The influence of outdoor temperature on Norwegian swimming hall energy consumption – Worthy A, USA
15.15 – 15.25	Increasing swimmers health and the quality of wastewater by using a triple electro-disinfection system as alternative for chlorine: the results in ten Belgian public swimming pools – Desmet S, Belgium
15.25 – 15.30	Discussion
15.30 – 16.00	Coffee Break – POSTER SESSION
16.00 –  17.30	Session IV – Panel discussion: Water treatment and management for Thermae, Wellness, Bio-pools Chair: Marco Vitale, Vincenzo Romano Spica and Federica Valeriani
16.00 – 16.20	Hot Springs Sanitation: Towards Global Best Practice – Cohen M, Australia
16.20 – 16.30	Presence of Legionella in thermal waters: 16 years of surveillance. The issue set in the one health vision – Coniglio MA, Italy
16.30 – 16.40	Effects of mud-therapy on pain, function and quality of life in patients with rheumatic and dermatologic diseases: a systematic review – Paduano S, Italy
16.40 – 16.50	New evidence on the mechanism of action of balneotherapy – Fioravanti A, Italy
16.50 – 17.00	Risk for maintenance operators in confined spaces and/or suspected of being polluted in swimming pools, Spas and water treatment facilities. Indication of the environments at risk and point on the qualification of the operators – Di Donato L, Italy
17.00 – 17.30	Discussion

 

Friday, February 17, 2023
Time	Event
9.00 – 9.30	Reception and One Day Registration
9.00 – 10.30	Session V – Biological Risk Chair: Regina Sommer and Apostolos Vantarakis
9.00 –  9.20	Advanced approach for assessing safety and quality of thermal water and mud– Bargellini A, Italy
9.20 –  9.30	Public health risks related to the use of swimming pools in Albania – Mataj E, Albania
9.30 – 9.40	Preventing strategies to control Legionella proliferation into waterlines of spas and swimming pools – Veschetti E, Italy
9.40 – 9.50	Effects of bubbles in preventing the proliferation of pathogens on materials used for swimming pools – Coletto A, Italy
9.50 – 10.05	Using Modelling of Cryptosporidium Contamination Events to Inform Public Health Actions – Chalmers R, UK
10.05 – 10.15	Innovative nanohybrid through Titania and Silver nanoparticles conjugation for antibacterial applications – Fratoddi I, Italy
10.15 – 10.25	Risk analysis of otitis externa (swimmer’s ear) in children pool swimmers: a case study from Greece – Vantarakis A, Greece
10.25 – 10.30	Discussion
10.30 – 11.00	Coffee Break – POSTER SESSION
11.00 – 12.50	Session VI – Miscellanea session: Sport and physical activity, pool design and management Chair: Polonca Trebse and Ernest R. Blatchley III
11.00 –  11.20	Safety of submerged suction outlets in swimming pools – Keuten M, Netherland
11.20 – 11.35	Water Use Management Based on Presence and Activity Levels of Swimmers in Indoor Swimming Pools – Mofidinasrabad H, Canada
11.35 – 11.50	Dynamic water quality modeling for improved pool designs and safer regulations – Amburgey J, USA
11.50 – 12.05	The effect of individual, group and aquatic exercises on health-related quality of life in older people living in residential care settings: preliminary results from two italian regions – Dallolio L, Italy
12.05 – 12.20	Swimming pool related health complaints: not just water and air – Bakker JG, Netherland
12.20 – 12.35	Examples of technological solutions used in Poland in the field of reducing the operating costs of swimming pool facilities – Lempart-Rapacewicz A, Poland
12.35 – 12.50	Discussion
12.50 – 14.00	Lunch time
14.00 – 15.30	Risk Assessment and Management in swimming pool and similar environments Chair: Janice Calvert and Osvalda De Giglio
14.00 –  14.20	Chlorine sensitivity of gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial strains under swimming pool conditions: microbial process indicators for pool water disinfection – Erdinger L, Germany
14.20 – 14.35	Microplastics and recreational waters – Lofrano G, Italy
14.35 – 14.50	Reduction of micropollutant concentration in swimming pool water – Kudlek E, Poland
14.50 – 15.05	Management of plumbing in swimming pools and guidelines – Bonadonna L, Italy
15.05 – 15.15	Respiratory symptoms in young Italian competitive swimmers: a cross-sectional study – Zanni S, Italy
15.15– 15.30	Swimming pools: The logic of risk assessment as a preventive approach for health and safety management – Russo S, Italy
15.30 – 15.45	Discussion
15.45 – 16.00	Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.00	Closing ceremony

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POSTER SESSION

Lifeguards and Covid-19 pandemic: safety and training – Giuseppe Andreana, Italy

Will earth-to-air heat exchangers find application in swimming pool HVAC systems? – Łukasz Amanowicz, Poland

Footbaths: The weakest link of swimming pools? – Alessandro Cipriani, Italy

Characterization of water and biofilm bacterial community in a wellness center: a preliminary 16S metagenomic study – Giuseppina La Rosa, Italy

What can the global chlorine industry do to improve local pool and spa chemical safety? – Richard Mariner, Belgium

Solutions for sustainable resource use in aquatic facilities – an international perspective – Gerhard Weiss, Germany

The revision of the italian standards UNI 10637 for public swimming pools – Ivano Pelosin, Italy

Designing a swimming pool ventilation system: the influence of the evaporation rate – Katarzyna Ratajczak, Poland

Pre-Swim Hygiene: The Role of the Users’ Behaviour on Pool Water Quality – Katarzyna Ratajczak, Poland

The new DIN 19643, standard for quality and treatment of swimming pool water in Germany – Alexander Reuss, Germany

The new european standard EN 17818 for in situ generation of chlorine products by salt electrolysis – Alexander Reuss, Germany

Management of chemical-bacteriological discrepancies in swimming pools in the Emilia-Romagna Region – Stefano Sghedoni, Italy